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Metamorphic rocks require underground stress

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Take a perfectly good rock, bury it deep underground, and subject it to horrific heat and crushing pressure until it completely changes its identity. That is how metamorphic rocks like marble and slate are born. It is a geological hazing process that proves even the toughest stones will crack and transform under enough subterranean stress.

Metamorphic rocks require underground stress
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